In December of 2013, I decided to sketch out what my “ideal week” would be. I formed it to be attainable, yet challenging. Activities would be things I wanted to engage in now, and could begin working towards now. The rough timeframe I set was 6-12 months....

A tremendous amount of my decisions result from a self-investment mentality. I use this mentality for everything from choosing a meal to choosing a university. For the means of this post, we need to narrow the scope of this mentality to one area — finding and...